Kanye West wanders San Mateo mall after teasing 2024 presidential run

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In this April 21, 2015 file photo, Kanye West, left, and Kim Kardashian attend the TIME 100 Gala, in New York. The couple married in 2014 and have three children. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File)

In this Aug. 30, 2015, file photo, Kim Kardashian, left, and Kanye West arrive at the MTV Video Music Awards at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles. Kardashian praised her husband's May 19, 2016, appearance on "The Ellen DeGeneres Show" on Twitter. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP, File)

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This file photo taken on September 29, 2016 in Paris shows (From L) Kanye West and Kim Kardashian attending the Off-white 2017 Spring/Summer ready-to-wear collection fashion show .
16 people were arrested over Kardashian Paris robbery according police source, AFP reported on January 9, 2017. Kardashian was tied up and robbed of jewellery worth around nine million euros ($9.5 million) when a gang of masked men burst into the luxury Paris residence where she was staying during Fashion Week in October. / AFP PHOTO / ALAIN JOCARDALAIN JOCARD/AFP/Getty Images

NEW YORK, NY - MAY 04: Kanye West (L) and Kim Kardashian attend the 'China:
Through The Looking Glass' Costume Institute Benefit Gala at the
Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 4, 2015 in New York City. (Photo by Mike
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FILE - In this Aug. 28, 2016 file photo, Kim Kardashian West, left, and Kanye West arrive at the MTV Video Music Awards in New York. The couple rarely make a move that isn't heavily documented on social media, either by themselves, their fans or all those people who love to hate them. The two married on May 24, 2014, in a lavish ceremony in Florence, Italy. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File)

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FILE - In this Aug. 28, 2016 file photo, Kanye West, left, and Kim Kardashian West arrive at the MTV Video Music Awards in New York. Armed robbers forced their way into a private Paris residence early Monday, Oct. 3, where Kim Kardashian West was staying and tied her up, police officials said. They said five assailants, who are still at large, stole a jewelry box containing valuables worth 6 million euros ($6.7 million) as well as a ring worth 4 million euros ($4.5 million.) (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File)

PARIS, FRANCE - JUNE 21: Kanye West and Kim Kardashian attend the Louis Vuitton Menswear Spring/Summer 2019 show as part of Paris Fashion Week on June 21, 2018 in Paris, France. (Photo by Pascal Le Segretain/Getty Images)

FILE - In this Aug. 28, 2016 file photo, Kim Kardashian West, left, and Kanye West arrive at the MTV Video Music Awards in New York. The couple rarely make a move that isn't heavily documented on social media, either by themselves, their fans or all those people who love to hate them. The two married on May 24, 2014, in a lavish ceremony in Florence, Italy. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File)

PARIS, FRANCE - JUNE 21: Kanye West and Kim Kardashian attend the Louis Vuitton Menswear Spring/Summer 2019 show as part of Paris Fashion Week on June 21, 2018 in Paris, France. (Photo by Pascal Le Segretain/Getty Images)

Kim Kardashian and Kanye West at a Miami Heat basketball game in 2012. ( AP Photo/Alan Diaz, File)

Kim Kardashian and Kanye West arrive at The Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute benefit gala in New York on May 4. (Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP, File)

FILE - In this Monday, June 1, 2015, file photo, Kim Kardashian, left, and Kanye West arrive at the 2015 CFDA Fashion Awards at Alice Tully Hall, Lincoln Center, in New York. Kim Kardashian West and husband Kanye West welcomed a baby boy early Saturday, Dec. 5, 2015, in Los Angeles. This is the second child for the superstar couple: Daughter North was born in 2013. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File)

Kim Kardashian and Kanye West wed.

TOPSHOTS American reality TV star Kim Kardashian (L) and American singer Kanye West (R) leave their residence in Paris on May 23, 2014, ahead of their wedding. Kanye West and his bride-to-be Kim Kardashian lunched on May 23 at a French chateau owned by iconic designer Valentino, kicking off a marathon celebration expected to culminate in the wedding of the year. AFP PHOTO / KENZO TRIBOUILLARDKENZO TRIBOUILLARD/AFP/Getty Images

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Kanye West was busy on Twitter Saturday. After starting his morning by posting the proclamation “We are Gods,” he later reminded the world of his long-simmering presidential ambitions by simply writing “2024.”

But is it possible that the 41-year-old rapper, fashion designer and cultural provocateur was revealing his lofty hopes and dreams while here in the Bay Area? It’s entirely possible because Mr. Kim Kardashian turned up a few hours after his “2024” tweet, roaming the Hillsdale Shopping Center in San Mateo.

Some people snapped photos and posted them to Twitter, which @TeamKanyeDaily retweeted.

Who knows why West was here in the Bay Area, or at Hillsdale? The mall does have an Apple Store and a Lego Store and a Cheesecake Factory, but maybe West was scouting locations to set up a pop-up store to sell his Yeezy designs.

Or maybe West was visiting the Peninsula because he planned to meet up with a support team at Facebook headquarters to help him design his social media campaign for his 2024 presidential run — like his “dragon energy” friend President Donald Trump.

OK, West’s political ambitions are all mystery and speculation right now, but here’s what he tweeted Saturday:

Martha Ross is a features writer who covers everything and anything related to popular culture, society, health, women’s issues and families. A native of the East Bay and a graduate of Northwestern University and Mills College, she’s also a former hard-news and investigative reporter, covering crime and local politics.